Last year when we dove on the Rainbow Reef Maxie got himself hooked on SCUBA, so for his most recent birthday we gave him a […]
Through The Lens
Summer Begins at Powder Haus
It was so nice to get back up to the mountains after being away for seven weeks. Shoulder season up in the mountains is a […]
The Young McClain Wedding
I remember meeting Savannah when she was younger than Max is now, shortly after I moved to the US back at the end of 2000. […]
SCUBA Pool Day
Six weeks of after school study, a day in the pool down in Marin today, and now he’s ready for the ocean!
The 2026 HFFCF Fair
It’s that time of year again! With Wild Man and I up in the mountains for the winter it felt like the fair arrived very […]
Adventures on the Estero
Tuning J-Rod’s new shallow water rig before poker night…
Sheep Salon
Shrek and Fiona looking mighty fine after an afternoon salon session with Lilia, Lisa and the Richardson sisters! All systems go for the fair next […]
Mother’s Day at the Coast
Maxie was up bright and early to make Mum a special batch of blueberry muffins, after which we jetted out to the coast to explore […]
Shrek and Fiona
One of the many things Maxie and I missed out on up in the mountains was the arrival of this year’s batch of lambs. We […]
Day 100
I was going to be exceedingly stoked with 90+ days on the slopes for the season… But when Sugar Bowl closed early last Sunday it […]
One Last Storm
The resorts up here had really been hurting following that insane high pressure system that rolled over Northern California a couple of weeks back… Max […]
U12 Far West Championships
A few pics of our carpool buddy Beaux tearing up the slalom course this morning… He won both days one and two of the champs, […]
Powder Haus Spring Guests
Max misses out on spring break this year (I guess you could say he’s been on spring break for three months now!), but it was […]
Tahoe Junior Freeride Series IV
The fourth and last of the 2025/2026 season’s Tahoe Junior Freeride Series comps was scheduled to be held at Mount Rose last weekend, but the […]
Donner Peak
A fun morning with Mum to the Truckee side of Donner Peak overlooking Donner Lake…
Springtime Tallac
Paris had been telling me fables of an Alps-like summit along the west shore of Tahoe for a while… With spring conditions and still plenty […]
Day 72
California giveth, and California taketh away… After a phenomenal week of some of the best skiing conditions I’d ever experienced in Northern California during powder […]
Money Line and the Lake Run X 2
After we’d let the snow settle for a couple of cycles it was incredible day in the backcountry yesterday with all this fresh pow. We […]
Powder Week
The forecast had consistently been calling for an intense storm to hit us on President’s Day long weekend. Originally it was slated to start on […]
Fresh Snow!
Finally some fresh snow! And a quick midweek visit from Paul benson…